How to SMS on iPad?

inquisitor · 25-04-2012, 23:09

The iPad does neither support SMS nor USSD (those *123#-styled codes by which you can check your balance etc.). For USSD there's at least an app called QueryUSSD which however requires your iPad to be jailbroken.
Say thanks to Apple for depriving your expensive device of such basic features. By the way they do this intentionally to make people unable subscribing to existing data tariffs but instead to enable providers offering special (more expensive) data tariffs for iPad owners.

schult461 · 25-04-2012, 23:31

So I guess the only options would be:

- do it on a phone, and transfer the sim
- have the store do it all

Of course, this is all kind of moot because AT&T say they're unable to lock it, and contrary to some reports on the net, my iPad 3g (original) wasn't sold unlocked.

(I've read iPad were sold unlocked, but my friends TMobile SIM is 'unauthorized' when I insert it and turn on the wireless services)

I guess I'll look into jailbreaking the thing...

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inquisitor (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,399 Join Date: 15 Nov 2006 Country:	25-04-2012, 23:09 The iPad does neither support SMS nor USSD (those 123#-styled codes by which you can check your balance etc.). For USSD there's at least an app called QueryUSSD which however requires your iPad to be jailbroken. Say thanks to Apple for depriving your expensive device of such basic features. By the way they do this intentionally to make people unable subscribing to existing data tariffs but instead to enable providers offering special (more expensive) data tariffs for iPad owners. terminals:* Samsung: Galaxy S5 DuoS (G900FD); BLU: Win HD LTE; Nokia: 1200; Asus: Fonepad 7 ME372CG; Huawei data: E3372, Vodafone R201, K3765, E1762; postpaid: O2 on Business XL; prepaid: DE: Aldi Talk, Lidl; UK: 3; BG: MTel, vivacom; RU: MTS; RS: MTS; UAE: du Tourist SIM; INT'L: toggle mobile VoIP: sipgate.de (German DID); sipgate.co.uk (British DID); ukddi.com (British DID); sipcall.ch (Swiss DID); megafon.bg (Bulgarian DID); InterVoip.com

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schult461 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 2 Join Date: 25 Apr 2012 Country:	25-04-2012, 23:31 So I guess the only options would be: - do it on a phone, and transfer the sim - have the store do it all Of course, this is all kind of moot because AT&T say they're unable to lock it, and contrary to some reports on the net, my iPad 3g (original) wasn't sold unlocked. (I've read iPad were sold unlocked, but my friends TMobile SIM is 'unauthorized' when I insert it and turn on the wireless services) I guess I'll look into jailbreaking the thing...